PT Pro Talk

💭”The body is so multicomplex, it is not an isolated set of joints, it’s not just a shoulder joint, it’s not just a hip joint, it’s the old song where everything is really connected to another body part.” - Lori Chinitz

👉🏻 Our guest is Lori Chinitz, PT CST-D (Diplomate Certified). Lori uses her vast experience as an adult and pediatric physical therapist along with her expertise in CranioSacral Therapy, Healing From The Core, and Visceral Manipulation to provide her clients with a holistic therapeutic approach. Using these hands-on techniques, Lori meets clients from a deeply grounded, neutral space which comes from many years of teaching and studying therapeutic presence. One of Loris`s gifts is to create a space of safety and connection that allows her clients to feel comfortable and witnessed. Through gentle, light non-invasive touch, Lori in partnership with her clients helps them find the best possible solutions for achieving health.

Presently, Lori works in her private practice located in Syosset, New York. She is a certified instructor teaching Healing from the Core workshops domestically and abroad called; Developing and Deepening Craniosacral Presence, Advanced Energy Dynamics, and Fully Presence: Grounding and Healthy Boundaries.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Lori's story and career

▪️ Connecting body and mind

▪️ What is CST, visceral manipulation, and healing from the core

▪️ The benefits of CST, visceral manipulation, and healing from the core

▪️ Meaning of neutral presence

▪️Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers

▪️How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Lori's favorite resource of information:

📲Lori`s contact information:

📩Email: [email protected]

516-496-4800

Website: https://www.iahp.com/lorichinitz/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lori-chinitz-05541513 lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3Bm4pyLkSTS9erAcG50RFJuw%3D%3D

https://healingfromthecore.com/workshops/healing-from-the-core/hfccertified/

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/xjwxHkgqhD4

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💭”Tune in to the person in front of you, and their needs, not only movement-wise but their environment outside of the clinic.” - Dr. Jennifer Hutton

👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Jennifer Hutton, DPT. She graduated from Loma Linda University with her Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2008. Dr. Hutton is a pediatric physical therapist practicing in Nashville, TN. Jennifer has extensive experience treating children 0-19 who are developmentally delayed, and those with neurological and orthopedic diagnoses, both congenital and acquired. In 2018 Jennifer became an instructor for RockTape which sparked a passion for teaching others. She is currently working on her own educational content for pediatric movement specialists.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Jennifer's story and career

▪️ RockTape's pediatric taping course

▪️ More about the webinar: Basics of a Successful Pediatric Eval

▪️ Antiracism workshop for healthcare providers and membership: Building Allyship

▪️Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers

▪️How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Jennifer's favorite resource of information:

📲Jennifer`s contact information:

🐦Twitter:

@DrJpop

📱Facebook:

DrJpop

📸Instagram:

@dr.jpop

📩Email:

[email protected]

Website:

https://drjpop.com/about

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/9-WxPfsv7N0

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💻LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pt-pro-talk

📩Email: [email protected]

💭”Diagnosis from the Greek means, discern or differentiate between different conditions. And now we, clinicians, use it more to describe the process of trying to determine the nature and cause of the patient presenting symptoms.” - Dr. Angela Cadogan

👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Angela Cadogan, Ph.D., NZRPS. Angela is an NZ registered Specialist Physiotherapist based in Christchurch, New Zealand. She has a Ph.D. in Musculoskeletal Diagnostics investigating the diagnostic accuracy of clinical examination and imaging tests for specific shoulder conditions. She runs her own private practice where she works as a consultant physiotherapist and provides diagnostic and management review and specialist rehabilitation for people with complex shoulder conditions. She also works in an Orthopaedic Triage role in the shoulder service and runs online shoulder courses for physiotherapists in the diagnosis and management of shoulder conditions. Angela has an interest in advanced practice roles for physiotherapists and helping to upskill practitioners in the diagnosis and management of shoulder conditions to help fulfill emerging roles within the health system.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Angela's story and career

▪️ What is diagnosis

▪️ Diagnosis of shoulder pain

▪️ The need for screening

▪️ What to do when the diagnosis is not clear

▪️Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers

▪️How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Angela's favorite resource of information:

📲Angela`s contact information:

🐦Twitter:

@ACadogan_NZ

@SMS_Courses

📱Facebook:

ACadoganNZ

southernMSKseminars

📸Instagram:

Musculoskeletal.courses

🎥Link to interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/8mgNc-jYNWc

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💻LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pt-pro-talk

📩Email: [email protected]

💭“Reach out to the doctor, that you are referring to, and really build a relationship with that person, because you are going to be an important person in the team.” - Dr. Carolyn Thompson Chudy

👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Carolyn Thompson Chudy, DO. Dr. Carolyn is a Physiatrist who is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and fellowship-trained in Interventional Spine and Sports Medicine. Her specialties include non-operative management of pelvic pain, sports injuries, and spine conditions. Dr. Chudy received her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley before attending medical school at Western University of Health Sciences. She completed her residency at New York-Presbyterian – Cornell and Columbia and pursued a subspecialty fellowship in Interventional Spine and Sports Medicine at Columbia University. During her fellowship, she developed a strong interest in the use of ultrasound for both accurate diagnosis and targeted treatment. Dr. Carolyn Chudy uses a comprehensive, holistic approach to treatment, using every non-invasive tool to help her patients avoid surgery.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Carolyn's story and career

🔎Carolyn's favorite resource of information:

1.https://www.pelvicpain.org/

📲Carolyn`s contact information:

https://www.pelvicrehabilitation.com/about/carolyn-thompson-chudy-do/

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:

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💭“The final challenge of working in pediatrics is that you are treating the child but you always need to keep in mind the adult that the child is going to become.” - Nechama Karman

👉🏻 Our guest is Nechama Karman, PT, MS, PCS. Nechama was formerly on faculty at the School of Health Professions, Behavioral and Life Sciences of New York Institute of Technology, in Old Westbury, NY and School of Health Sciences, Hunter College of the City University of New York. Nechama is a board-certified pediatric physical therapist in private practice in Great Neck, NY.  She has extensive experience in pediatric and adult rehabilitation settings, including inpatient, outpatient, acute and long-term rehab as well as home-based environments. She has been a LiteGait clinical trainer since 2008, and since 2010 has been responsible for ongoing clinical education programs for Mobility Research.  She has used LiteGait extensively across populations for both gait training and advanced skills training, primarily in individuals with acquired brain injuries and other neurological deficits.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Nechama's story and career

🔎Nechama's favorite resource of information:

1.https://cparf.org/

2.Pt, medical, psychological, and education journals

3.Mentors

4.https://as.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/as/faculty/karen-adolph.html

📲Nechama`s contact information:

[email protected]

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/73Zv0UmqkzA

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💭“80% of patients that walk in an outpatient wound care center are venous stasis ulcers, and those are usually contributed by age, obesity, and some other factors.” - Dr. Scott Newton.

👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Scott Newton, DPT, PT, OCS, CWS. Newton received his bachelor of science in physical therapy from the University of Tennessee at Memphis in 1991. In 1998, Newton founded Pulaski Ardmore Physical Therapy with his wife.  In 1999, he received specialty certification as a Wound Care Specialist.  In 2004, Scott received certification as an Orthopedic Clinical Specialist by the APTA. In 2005, he received his doctorate of physical therapy from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. Dr. Newton is a clinical associate with the American Academy of Wound Care Management and lectures on various topics pertaining to physical therapy and wound care.  Dr. Newton is an adjunct instructor at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee, and Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee where he instructs on wound care. He has completed over 1,000 continuing education hours with an emphasis on orthopedics and wound care.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Scott's story and career

🔎Scott's favorite resource of information:

📲Scott`s contact information:

Email: [email protected]

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/vuej8_vyCr8

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💭“Nobody cares, if they have tone or spasticity and it doesn’t bother them, usually patients don’t care. But function is the number one thing we need to improve.” - Dr. Darshil Patel.

👉🏻 Our guest is Dr. Darshil Patel, PT, DPT, Cert MDT. Darshil received his Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2012. He has an extensive background in neurological and orthopedic conditions. Dr. Patel has practiced at the number 1 rehabilitation hospital in the US for the last 9 years. He has experience in Outpatient, Inpatient, and Day Rehab Settings. Darshil specializes in Spasticity, Spasms, Tone, Tremors, Ataxic, and Chronic pain. He is an expert in treating patients with neurological conditions including Stroke, Spinal Cord, Traumatic Brain Injury, Parkinson’s Disease, Dementia, and Multiple Sclerosis. Dr. Patel uses the Pain Mechanism Classification System in order to appropriately classify the patient to provide treatment based on the principles of evidence-based research. He is also MDT certified.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Darshil's story and career

▪️ Experience in different settings

▪️ Treating Stroke

▪️ MDT in neurological patients

▪️Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers

▪️How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Darshil's favorite resource of information:

📲Darshil`s contact information:

Ig: https://www.instagram.com/dr_moveitmoveit/

🎥Link to interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/96fQsRwnUbs

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💭“They are fully trained in McKenzie, Mulligan or Maitland and they are still in these courses, the reason why they are still in these courses is because none of the techniques actually work all the time.” - David Sheer

👉🏻 Our guest is David Sheer, DPT, MOMT, FAAOMPT. David has been a practicing clinician for 42 years. He has specialized in manual therapy for the last 32 years earning a Masters’ Degree in Orthopedic Manual Therapy and a Doctorate in Physical Therapy. He is a Founding Fellow in the AAOMPT. David has taught a variety of courses in manual therapy including clinical rationale, spinal and extremity techniques, exercise, nutrition, and the neuroscience of pain. These courses include extensive psychomotor training. David has been a clinical instructor for Belmont University and UT Memphis, has trained therapists in Masters’ Degree Residency programs, and has created and taught Certificate of Manual Therapy curriculums. David is currently a clinical educator and clinician with STAR Physical Therapy in Tennessee.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ David's story and career

▪️ Changes in manual therapy over the years

▪️ Factors that influence manual therapy (nutrition, visceral problems, medications, brain and pain science)

▪️ Manual Therapy in current practice

▪️ Experience teaching courses

▪️Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers

▪️How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎David's favorite resource of information:

📲David`s contact information:

E-mail: [email protected]

🎥Link to interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/0SDWUw8F6oY

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💭“Current evidence shows that 65% of running-related injuries are due to poor programming and poor training, so that means that 45% of the injuries are only related to actually a true weakness or true tightness.” - Chris Wolfe

👉🏻 Our guest is Chris Wolfe PT, Cert MDT, OCS.   Chris graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Freed-Hardeman University in 2004 and went on to complete his Masters in Physical Therapy at the Medical College of Georgia in December of 2006. Chris has advanced training in manual therapy and is a McKenzie Certified Therapist specializing in the evaluation and treatment of spinal and extremity disorders.  He uses Selective Functional Movement Assessments (SFMA) and new wearable dorsaVi technology to provide the highest level of functional and clinical assessments to direct his skilled treatment options. Chris currently owns and runs his private practice in order to provide a niche clinical environment and customized treatment options in a one-on-one setting.  He also serves as a guest lecturer and an adjunct professor in the Physical Therapy Department at Belmont University where he teaches in orthopedics and assists with clinical research projects. Chris has also pursued advanced training in treating the running athlete and multi-sport triathlete.  He shares the same passion as many of his patients and clients. He is also a  Boston Qualifier and an Ironman finisher and looks to continue with his endurance training and racing while assisting others to do the same as well.

📚What will you learn:

▪️Chris's story and career

▪️ Working with endurance athletes

▪️ The best approach for athletes

▪️ When to use or not some technique

▪️ Dealing with compensation patterns

▪️DorsalVi technology and video analysis

▪️Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers

▪️How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Chris's favorite resource of information:

📲Brian`s contact information:

Website: https://www.wolfept.com/

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/A1UcY_iKJgo

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💭“What I really appreciated about all the disciplines I learned, from a manual perspective, was that always went back to MOVEMENT” - Brian Yee

👉🏻Our guest is Brian Yee PT, DPT, MPhty, OCS, FAAOMPT. Brian owns two Master’s degrees in Physical Therapy from Northwestern University in 1999 and the University of Queensland in 2003 and a Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Evidence in Motion Institute since 2014. Dr. Brian is an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at Mercer University Physical Therapy involved in the Orthopedic Residency and Manual Therapy Fellowship curriculum. Brian is also on the teaching faculty with the leading international neurodynamics education and research groups (Neurodynamic Solutions founded by Michael Shacklock). Clinical specialties include injury-related motion analysis, manual therapy, neurodynamics, fascial manipulation, and dry needling. He is a Board Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist(OCS), Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists (FAAOMPT), a Nike Golf 360 Performance Specialist, and a certified Movement Links Specialist (MLS). Brian is about to publish his first book about unresolved pain.

📚What will you learn:

▪️Brian's story and career

▪️Brian’s toolbox and experience

▪️Brian’s new book about unresolved pain

▪️How to deal with unresolved pain

▪️Clinical Reasoning

▪️Clinical view based on experience and knowledge

▪️Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers

▪️How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Brian's favorite resource of information:

📲Brian`s contact information:

Website: https://motionstability.com/

E-mail: [email protected]

🎥Link to interview on Youtube:https://youtu.be/z1zVchcFqeA

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